Samuel peters



(No Model.)

S. PETERS. HORSE COLLAR EASTB'NING.

Patente-d July 19,1881.V

INVENTOR WITN SES;

' AUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL PETERS, on SYDNEY, NovA scoTIA, CANADA.

.HORSE-COLLAR FASTNING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 244,657, dated J'uly 191881.

Application filed December 6, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, SAMUEL PETERS, of Sydney, Cape Breton county, Province of Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada, have invented aV new and useful Improvement in Horse-Collar Fastenings, of which the following is aspeciticatiou.

Figure 1 is a perspective View ot' the irnprovement shown open 'and applied to a horsecollar; and Fig.2 is a front elevation ot' the improvement. closed Similar letters of reference indicate correspending` parts. 4

The object of this invention is to provide the extremities of the horse-collar with afastening whereby the collar can be conveniently opened and closed, and thereby readily. adjused to or removed from the neck of the anima' l The' invention consists in constructing a horse-collar fastening of two plates or links hinged to each other at one end, curved in reverse directions,-and connected with the end parts of the collar by loops, one of which is iexible and made longer lthan the other, so that the two plates or links can be shut together and closed down upon the top of the collar, as will be hereinafter fully described.

A represents a horse-collar which is madeA open at the top.

B is a plate, of metal or other suitable material, which is curved to fit upon the top of the collarA when the endsof the collar are brought together, and which is made of such a length as to overlap the outer sides of the ends of the collar, as shown in Fig. 2. f

To one end of the plate B is hinged a second plate, C, which is made a little shorter than the plate B, and is curved correspondin gly;but in the reverse direction, as shown in Fig. 1, so that when the two plates are swung together or closed the plate C will t against the plate B, as shown in Fig. 2. One or both the plates B O may be made in skeleton or `link form. The free end of the plate B is attached to a loop, D, of leather or other suitable material, which is attached, by sewing or other suitable means, vto the outer side of one part of the collar A, at a little dista-nce from the end of the said part. The free end ofthe plate or link C is attached to a loop, E, of leather or other Suitable ilexible material,

which is attached, by sewing or other suitable means, to the outer side of the other part of the collar A, at a little below its upper end. The iieXible loop or strap E is made of such a length as to pass over the top ot' the collar A and allow the two plates B G to close upon each other and upon the top of the collar A.

The fastenin gis opened by raisin g the hinged ends ot' the plates B C, which causes the said cannot be unfastened without raising the hinged ends of the plates B C. With this construction the fastening can easily be fastened and unl'astened in the dark, as the various parts 'of the fastening are permanently connected. l

I am aware that a shoe-fastening has been used with a bifurcated piece secured to one Hap of-the shoe and pivoted to a curved link attached to the other flap, the link being prolonged to form a'handle; butthis device could not he used on a horse-collar, because the link or plate C must not extend beyond the plate B when folded, as the fastening could not be opened if attached to a plate or rigid substance, while the whole object of my invention is to make a fastening that is easilyopened and closed.

The device may be advantageously einployed as a fastening or buckle for shoes.

What I claim as new and of my invention The two rcrersely-curved and end-hinged plates B C, combined with loops D E, arranged on opposite ends of collar, the one, D, being set back from the end and the other, E, folding across the ends ot' the collar and nnder the plates B C, as shown and described.

SAMUEL PETERS. 

